Thanks to observer and volunteer, Alexandre Amorim from Brazil, we now have available a Portuguese translation of the AAVSO Solar Observing Guide available for download (free-of-charge). This helpful Guide explains how to observe and report sunspot counts in a safe and scientifically useful manner.

This Alert Notice has been edited to correct a typographical error, and to correct the statement that the LMC was not well placed for coverage from Chile; AAVSO coverage was requested to broaden the coverage in longitude. Apologies for the errors - EOW

March 14, 2018: Dr. Frederick Walter (Stony Brook University) has requested AAVSO observers, particularly those in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, to monitor the current outburst of the recurrent nova Nova LMC 1996 = OGLE-2018-NOVA-01.